Door-securer.



No. 694,812. Patented Mar. 4, I902.

c. F. WILLIAMS.

noun SEQUBER.

(Application filed Apr. 24. 1901.) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE,

CHAR-LIES F. WILLIAMS, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,812, dated March 4, 1902. Application filed April 24, 1901. Serial No. 57,172. (No model.)

To all whom i2; may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Door-Securers; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a sectional view of a door and its casing, showing my device as applied thereto. Fig. Zisa perspective view of my invention. Fig; 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same.

The invention relates to night looks or securers for doors; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A designates the carrier, and B the brace 0r shouldered stop hinged to said carrier at its end, as indicated at h. The other end or extremity of. the carrier is provided with a sharpened ing or spike-lug d, which projects laterally, as shown. At the hinge end the carrier is formed with a thickened part e, which is shouldered at f, where it joins the thinner portion 9 of said carrier, the shoulderf presenting toward the lug or spike d at the extremity of the carrier. The hinge end of the carrier is bifurcated, the slot extending a little past the shoulder f into the thinner part of the carrier. In this cleft or slot between the branches g g of the bifurcation of the carrier is pivoted the broad-shouldered brace or stop B by means of a strong rivet or pin 0. The shouldered braceB swings freely around the pivot from side to side of the carrier, but cannot swing through the slot, because it is provided with a bevel end ing it, which when the brace is in closed position between the branches of the carrier engages the beveled end is of the cleft or slot between said branches. On each side of the lug the brace, which is broader than the carrier, is shouldered, the shoulder Z, which is the locking-shoulder, being more extended than the shoulder n of the brace, which when such brace or stop is in looking position coincides with the shoulder f of the carrier A. These shoulders when the device is closed are about even with the shoulders of the carrier hereinbefore referred to.

To use the device, the carrier is placed against the jamb at any convenient point, with its spike portion turned toward the jamb and its shoulder at or near the edge thereof. The brace being swung around to the left out of the way, the door is closed on the carrier, driving the spike into the jainb. When the door is fully closed, the brace is swung to the right into closed position between the branches of the bifurcation of the carrier, the door being pressed until the lug of the brace comes into proper position in engagement with the beveled end of the slot. In this position the shoulder l of the brace will engage the face of the door at the corner of its edge and will hold the door securely against any pressure from the outside. In this locked position the corner of the edge of the door will be received between the shoulder l of the brace and the lateral face t of said lug in the angular recess '0 of said brace, which is thus a locking-recess for the corner of the door.

The shoulder of the thick or reinforced end of the carrier serves as a guide to indicate the proper position of the spiked end in the jamb, and when the device is in position locking the door this reinforced portion projects and is not only supported by the shoulders against bending, but is made stronger through its thickness than the carrier, which is notliable to bend from pressure, being held in straight position between the jamb and the edge of the door.

A hole 2 is usually made through the broad brace portion for convenience in attaching the device to a key-ring.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A door-secure'r, consisting of the spiked carrier and the pivoted brace or stop of the carrier, having a locking-recess for the corner of the door, substantially as specified.

2. In a door-securer, the spiked carrier, and the-pivoted brace or stop of the carrier having the lockingshoulder for the door, and

having the lug extension engaging a stopshoulder of the carrier when in locking position, and forming a locking-recess for the corner of the door with the door-locking shoulder of said brace or stop, substantially as specified.

3. In a door-securer, the spiked carrier, having the bracing-shoulder arranged to take a bearing against the door-jamb, and the pivoted brace or stop of the carrier, havinga IO locking-recess for the corner of the door, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

JULIA A. MOORE, DE WITT O. CHIPMAN. 

